DEFINITIONS

stout-hearted

[ stout-hahr-tid ]
/ ˈstaʊtˈhɑr tɪd /
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adjective

brave and resolute; dauntless.

Words related to stout-hearted

adventurous, bold, daring, dashing, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, lionhearted, plucky, spunky, stalwart, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, unfearful

Words nearby stout-hearted

stour, stourbridge, stourhead, stoush, stout, stout-hearted, stouten, stouthearted, stoutish, stove, stove bolt

Origin of stout-hearted

First recorded in 1645–55

OTHER WORDS FROM stout-hearted

stout-heart·ed·ly, adverbstout-heart·ed·ness, noun
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Examples from the Web for stouthearted

  • Peggy was asked if she would do it, and being a stouthearted lass she consented, for a round sum, to try it.

    The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treherne's Temptation|A. M. Barnard

  • Many of them had lost their all, yet the worst sufferers seemed by far the most stouthearted of the forlorn crowd.

    The Quest of the 'Golden Hope'|Percy F. Westerman

  • What ripples from the seething capitals will stir the placid thoughts of your stouthearted peasants?

    Where the Sabots Clatter Again|Katherine Shortall

  • Even the stouthearted Captain and the faithful mate, blear-eyed and haggard from loss of sleep, were filled with wonder.

    West Wind Drift|George Barr McCutcheon

British Dictionary definitions for stouthearted

stouthearted
/ (ˌstaʊtˈhɑːtɪd) /

adjective

valiant; brave

Derived forms of stouthearted

stoutheartedly, adverbstoutheartedness, noun
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